Locals team up to provide new entertainment options

Rap battles, other music events planned

1:15 AM,
Jul. 16, 2014

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One might be surprised to learn there are budding emcees in the Newark-Heath area, but it's the truth, Shaun Wint said.

Over the years, Wint has met a number of talented local artists who use a combination of words and beats to tell a story. What has impressed him so much is that those emcees aren't mimicking the type of rap heard on the radio; they're creating something of their own that harkens back to the roots of rap and hip-hop.

The only problem, Wint said, is that the artists don't have a way to get their music out to a wider audience, so he decided to create something that would help them not only ...